The Chinese people stand firmly with the oppressed American people.
Posted on 07/19/2021 12:35:55 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Update (1310ET): Despite Beijing's threat to retaliate against the US if it imposes new sanctions or - worse still - attempts to retaliate with a cyber-offensive of its own, the Biden Administration just released a statement saying it reserves the right to take additional unilateral action. And although it hasn't ruled out unilateral action, it would prefer to act in concert with its international allies.
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Update (1230ET): Beijing has just responded to the latest allegations by the Biden Administration and its "coalition of allies." In an editorial published by the English language Global Times, the pro-government paper blasted the US government's claims that the Chinese government partners with independent hackers as "a huge lie" and added that such a practice cannot be carried out in China's system.
The notion that China has knowingly allowed criminal hackers to profit at the expense of China's "national reputation" is also absurd, the editorial claimed.
China has a strict system of accountability. The US has accused China of cyber attacks for many years. It has become a highly sensitive issue between China and the US. We have to ask: What is the motive and benefit for China to launch large-scale cyber-attacks against the US and severely hit China-US relations as the US has accused? Which piece of information or economic benefit from the US is more important than China's national reputation?
The US even claimed that China has allowed contractor hackers to pursue their personal profit; in other words, China is willing to use its national interests to pay for the interests of those hackers and specific organizations they represent. We don't know whether the US and Western societies controlled by capital have such logic, but it is totally unthinkable in socialist China.
The author added that cyber attacks are extremely difficult to trace, and that Washington is "exploiting" its cyber woes to "frame" China. "Cyber attacks have happened in almost all countries and China has suffered more damage than the US."
Finally, Beijing accused Washington of "slander" against China which "has been excessive." They added that if the US "takes aggressive measures, carries out national-level cyber attacks on China, or imposes so-called sanctions on China, we will retaliate."
"The US cannot exploit these smears to substantively attack China. If the US takes aggressive measures, carries out national-level cyber attacks on China, or imposes so-called sanctions on China, we will retaliate."
Meanwhile, Hu Xijing, the top editor at the Global Times and one of Beijing's most visible English-language mouthpieces, is tweeting about the "oppressiveness" of American police.
The Chinese people stand firmly with the oppressed American people.
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As President Biden and his administration continue to burnish his "tough on China" credentials (which is shaping up to be a "theme" for the White House in July), the US has just announced that members of China's intelligence agency of hiring cyber-criminals to carry out a global campaign of hacks and cyber intrusions.
The US is expected to say Monday that the Chinese government has been the mastermind behind a series of malicious ransomware, data theft and other cyber-espionage attacks against public and private entities around the world, including the Microsoft Exchange hack uncovered earlier this year.
According to Bloomberg, the US will present evidence showing how China’s Ministry of State Security uses criminal contract hackers to conduct unsanctioned cyber operations globally, including for its own personal profit. Additionally, the NSA, CISA and FBI will expose more than 50 tactics Chinese state-sponsored cyber hackers have used.
Per the FT, a senior US official said
"China's MSS - Ministry of State Security - uses criminal contract hackers to conduct unsanctioned cyber operations globally, including for their own personal profit."
"Their operations include criminal activities, such as cyber-enabled extortion, crypto-hacking and theft from victims around the world for financial gain."
Before now, the US has stopped short of publicly blaming Beijing for the Microsoft hacks.
Though of course this isn't the first we're hearing of the Microsoft Exchange hack, or other Chinese cyber-intrusions. Following ransomware attacks like the one that crippled the Colonial natural gas pipeline, cybersecurity has become an increasingly important political priority this year. The measures are also reminiscent of Biden's old boss President Obama, who once charged 5 Chinese military personnel over alleged involvement in a cyberattack on American corporations. Of course, that turned out to be a lot of chest-beating and not a lot of action.
From the looks of it, the US isn't alone in this. A coalition of NATO members along with the EU, New Zealand, Japan and Australia are reportedly launching a new alliance between the NATO members that involves sharing intelligence on cyber-threats and collaborating to improve their networks security. Microsoft blamed that attack on a China-backed group called Hafnium, according to CNBC.
They're also expected to join the US in blaming China and its intelligence apparatus for ordering hacks including the Microsoft Exchange intrusion.
CNBC pointed out that the new alliance follows Biden's lobbying NATO and EU members for support in adopting a more "confrontational" approach to China's cyber-activities.
But isn’t this rhetoric causing hate crimes against Asians? You know that’s what the dems and their mouthpieces in the MSM would be saying if President Trump had said this?
I just have to ask can we retaliate by removing their most favored nation status?
Oh Im shaking..what is China gonna do, create another virus that kills off 3+ million people..oh wait, they already did that..and countries still lick their behinds and call it ice cream
RE: But isn’t this rhetoric causing hate crimes against Asians?
Isn’t Russia partly in Asia? Why isn’t it hate crimes when we accuse Russia of colluding to steal our elections ( circa 2016 )?
When Trump was calling out Chinese hackers and for allowing covid to run wild abroad, lying about what they knew he was demonized as racist, xenophobic and wrong about China. When sleepy Joe speaks against China it’s OK. The double standard is perverse and antithetical to journalistic integrity
Besides, look at all of the good things that have come from these free trade deals with the communists. I'm sure the free traitors at FR who supported the free trade deals will be here at any minute to tell you why you're wrong.
Isn’t MFN only relevant before China was admitted as a full member to WTO?
Yup and they will say “heh at least things are better than the Mao years”
You say we hack you? We hack you back.
This is probably all staged between Biden and China to make it look like China does not own Biden.
Next, the Chinese will make further, even more warlike statements, because no one is paying any attention to these current threats, least of all the Bidens. Absurd and instructive at the same time.
Journalists have integrity?
“Next, the Chinese will make further, even more warlike statements, because no one is paying any attention to these current threats”
Just like the Norklandians.
Paper Tiger.
Bump
You say we hack you? We hack you back.
In China, hackers don’t hack government,
hackers ARE government!
China will Hack everyone ,LOL
Oh Im shaking..what is China gonna do, create another virus that kills off 3+ million people.
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No, not 3 million, but 6 billion. The aim is to create a genetic bio-weapon based on race which, when correctly targeted, will kill ***every one***, except Han Chinese - covid was a data gathering operation. To that end, the PLA is working with a “private” corporation selling kits worldwide to pregnant women to determine genetic defects in unborn children, and that genetic data is stored on PLA servers ...
USA is their first target, with an estimated 200 million deaths. The Han need “living room” - clean water, air and soil - found most conveniently in America.
If they succeed, then you may indeed be shaking, as some incurable fever ravages your body and you literally cook to death.
Anyone who’s using Microsoft products for business purposes is a fool. The whole product line causes nothing but problems for sysadmins. It’s kind of like trying to turn a collander into a pot to hold water, there’s too many holes for it to ever be feasible.
I just have to ask can we retaliate by removing their most favored nation status?
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We can
We should
Biden is all talk and no do.
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